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Looters stealing guns in New Orleans; Officer shot in head PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jeff Garvas   
Wednesday, 31 August 2005

As if the images and stories out of New Orleans were not enough to turn your stomach, looters are taking to the streets and robbing area stores of their firearms -- not to defend themselves, but to loot and kill people in a city clearly turning for the worst.

According to the Associated Press (via Newsnet5.com):
    NEW ORLEANS -- The top Homeland Security official in New Orleans said bands of gunmen are roaming through New Orleans.

    Terry Ebbert said looters have been breaking into stores all over town to steal guns. The Times-Picayune newspaper reported that the gun section at a new Wal-Mart has been cleaned out. And the thieves are apparently using their new guns, with shots heard through the night.

    Guns aren't the only things drawing the thieves. People commandeered a forklift in high ground to lift storm shutters and break the glass of a Rite-Aid pharmacy. A crowd stormed the store, carrying ice, water and food.
Proving yet again that you are responsible for your own safety, New Orleans police have admitted that their presence is "scarce" and that one officer has already been shot in the head by a looter:
    What police presence there is in New Orleans and Biloxi, Miss., isn't slowing down looters.

    A police spokesman in New Orleans said a police officer was shot in the head by a looter, but he's expected to recover.
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